Lionel Messi

The Argentine forward broke German Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012. Messi scored twice to lead Barcelona to a 2-1 win at Real Betis in the Spanish league match. His first was an individual effort in the 16th minute to equal Mueller's mark, and he eclipsed the 1972 milestone with a familiar left-footed finish nine minutes later. "As I have said many times, the record is nice but the important thing is the victory that keeps us on the patch we want to continue on," Messi said. The 25-year-old passed Pele's single-season milestone of 75 goals for Brazil and Santos in 1958 on Nov. 11.

The Minnesota Vikings' punter continued his campaign to get Ray Guy into the Hall of Fame by writing "Vote Ray Guy" on his jersey patch commemorating the Hall of Fame on Sunday. Players are wearing the patch to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Kluwe wrote the message in protest of the fact that there are no punters in the Hall. Kluwe says he knows he probably will get fined for putting the message on his jersey, but thinks it's worth it. Kluwe says, "Why am I going to support a Hall of Fame that doesn't have a punter in it?" He calls it "a sham of a system if you're not going to acknowledge every facet."